WHAT BENDER DO YOU HAVE?
 

JUST CURIOUS TO SEE ALL DIFFERENT KIND OF BENDERS GUYS AND GALS ARE USING, HOMEMADE BENDERS AS WELL...POST YOUR PICTURES.

If you're talking about tubing benders, I have a Protools tubing bender.

2- hossfelds and a jd2 model 4

I use these. :)


http://www.eatonleonard.com/images07/vb80New.jpg

Tod those are some sweat benders! What do you primarily make with them?

Our biggest customers are Caterpillar and Volvo. We also make a lot of stuff for Cummins and Crown (forklifs). The tubes are anything from air tubes to exhaust, water tubes etc. A lot of the volvo stuff goes on turbo chargers. We bend anything from 3/8" .049 wall all the way up to 7" .120 wall. Most stuff is 304 stainless but not all...some is mild and aluminized coated. Most are 1D mandrel bends a few jobs smaller than 1" are mandreless. 1D meaning the tube size and the bend radius are equal. 5" tube bent on a 5" radius etc.

bender
 

Now That is a big bender!!!!! wonder what they paid for that?

Man, I heard that. HREW ain't too bad, but I balk, if someone wants it for automotive use. DOM is a little tougher, but Chrome moly is a real workout.

AIR/HYDRAULIC KIT
 

CALL ME @ 813-625-4092 AND I WILL GIVE YOU 5% OFF THAT KIT

THANK-YOU
MIKE
PRO-TOOLS

Re: bender
 

I believe the Eaton Leonard VB-80 is around $250,000.

how much
 

that is sick!!! but that pines bender blows my mind!!!!! i use to work in the gold mines in Nevada and that is all we ran was CAT. oh by the way i like your car!!!!!!

Mike
PRO-TOOLS

I got the Medford Tools JD2 model 3. The picture is not mine, its in storage at this time. I turned mine on its side, mounted it to an old engine stand. I put the bottle from my engine crane in it. It bends like a dream, very high quality tool. You would be hard pressed to break this thing. They use a metal die versus an aluminum one.

http://www.medfordtools.com/benders/m3b/01.jpg

Kinda like the one below, except a manual bottle will not work on its side, the one pictured is a hydrolic bottle.

http://198.237.72.28/tools/Bender-8.JPG

Hey Moon, how much did Pepsi/Mtn Dew pay ya for product placement ! :P :P :P :P :D :D :D :D

Hey PROTOOL, Ya need to 'participate' and build a profile/Race Space page or at least ADVERTISE on RJ before approaching THIS crew with specials/sales. I did an RJ search and did not come up with ANY PROTOOLS stuff for sale.??????????
In other words, I feel you are abusing this forum for financial gain.
IMHO

bender
 

I use a tube shark. It has always worked well for me, I like the fact that it folds up and I can store it out of the way when not using it. I have the internal tube support which allows bending of thinner materials without crushing. (Thickness depends on material being bent) The only limit I run into is how close you can place one bend to another.